Volume 25 Issue 4 - December 2019 / January 2020

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piano, tenor sax & viola; Röntgen: Piano Quintet;
Zeisl: String Quartet No.2; Kuti: Serenade
for String Trio. Guests: Bobbi Thompson,
saxophone; Brian Cho, piano. Museum London
Theatre, 421 Ridout St. N., London. 519-
661-0333. $30; $25(sr); $15(st); $10(child
under 10).
Friday January 17
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays
at 12:30 Concert Series. Marie Johnson,
clarinet; Eliza Lam, harp; Alexandre von Wartburg,
bassoon; Tina Tanchus-Hibbard, piano.
Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-
661-3767. Free.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Mozart: Drama and Beauty. Mozart: Overture
from Idomeneo, Piano Concerto No.24 in
c, Symphony No.39 in E flat. Pascale Giguère,
violin/leader; Serhiy Salov, piano. Centre in
the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-
745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.
ca. $35-$92. Also Jan 18(2:30 pm & 8 pm).
Saturday January 18
●●2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Mozart: Drama and Beauty. Mozart: Overture
from Idomeneo, Piano Concerto No.24 in
c, Symphony No.39 in E flat. Pascale Giguère,
violin/leader; Serhiy Salov, piano. Centre in
the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-
745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.
ca. $35-$92. Also Jan 17(8 pm), 18(8 pm).
●●7:30: Barrie Concerts. A Beethoven Celebration.
Beethoven: Symphony No.6 “Pastoral”,
Triple Concerto. Xiaohan Guo, violin;
Zhengyu Chen, cello; Daniel Hass, piano; Sinfonia
Toronto; Nurhan Arman, conductor.
Hiway Pentecostal Church, 50 Anne St. N.,
Barrie. 705-726-1181. $85.
●●7:30: Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra.
Triumphant Tchaikovsky. Tchaikovsky: Polonaise
from Eugene Onegin; Piano Concerto
No.1; Symphony No.5. Jon Kimura Parker,
piano; Dina Gilbert, conductor. FirstOntario
Concert Hall, 1 Summers Ln., Hamilton. 905-
526-7756 or hpo.org. TBA.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Mozart: Drama and Beauty. Mozart: Overture
B. Concerts Beyond the GTA
Gilbert & Sullivan’s
January 31 – February 9
from Idomeneo, Piano Concerto No.24 in c,
Symphony No.39 in E flat. Pascale Giguère,
violin/leader; Serhiy Salov, piano. Centre in
the Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-
745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.
ca. $35-$92. Also Jan 17, 18(2:30 pm).
●●8:00: Serenata Music. Oliver Whitehead
and Friends. Oliver Whitehead, guitar; Sonja
Gustafson, soprano; Chad Lowerse, bassbaritone;
Christine Newland, cello; Stephen
Holowitz, piano. Wolf Performance
Hall, 251 Dundas St., London. 519-672-8800
or onstagedirect.com/serenatamusic or
grandtheatre.com/cbo/serenatamusic. $40;
$20(st).
Sunday January 19
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Triumph
of Destiny. Beethoven: Egmont Overture;
Triple Concerto; Symphony No.5.
Gryphon Trio, piano trio; Bradley Thachuk,
conductor. FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $69; $64(sr); $33(30
and under); $20(arts worker); $12(st/child);
$5(eyeGO).
●●4:30: Music at St. Thomas’. An Oboe and
Organ Concert. Krebs: Fantasia; Marcello:
Oboe Concerto; Britten: Six Metamorphoses
after Ovid; Debussy: Syrinx pour flute seule;
Telemann: Fantasia No.5. Mélissa Tremblay,
oboe; Francine Nguyen-Savaria, Matthieu
Latreille, organ. St. Thomas’s Anglican
Church (Belleville), 201 Church St., Belleville.
613-962-3636. By donation.
●●7:30: Cuckoo’s Nest Folk Club. Andrew Collins
Trio. Chaucer’s Pub, 122 Carling St., London.
519-319-5847. $25/$20(adv).
Tuesday January 21
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music.
Ensemble Made in Canada. Von Kuster
Hall, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767.
Free.
Wednesday January 22
Opera Spring Gala
Favourite Scenes
March 13 & 14
●●12:00 noon: Music at St. Andrews. The
Orient (Organ) Express. Music from London
to Bucharest. Christopher Dawes, organ.
Western University
London
music.uwo.ca/events
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Barrie),
47 Owen St., Barrie. 705-726-1181. $10;
free(st).
Thursday January 23
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music.
2019 Pattison Competition Winner’s Recital.
Kevin Lu, piano. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building,
Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N.,
London. 519-661-3767. Free.
Friday January 24
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays
at 12:30 Concert Series. Sofya Bugayan,
piano. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western
University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.
519-661-3767. Free.
●●7:30: FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre.
Mosaïque Project. Newly commissioned
piano quartets by 14 Canadian composers.
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722 or 1-855-515-0722 or FirstOntario-
PAC.ca. $29; $23(sr); $5(st-high school);
$13(child).
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music.
2020 Pattison Competition – Final Round. Von
Kuster Hall, Music Building, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-
3767. Free.
Saturday January 25
●●10:30am: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Sun and Moon, Way High Up. Kait
Taylor, storyteller. Woolwich Memorial Centre,
24 Snyder St. S., Elmira. 519-745-4711
or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca. $13;
$11(child). Also Feb 8(Waterloo Region
Museum, Kitchener), 22(Conrad Centre,
Kitchener).
●●7:30: Kingston Symphony. Last Night of
the Proms. Kingston Choral Society; Ian Juby,
artistic director; Evan Mitchell, conductor.
Grand Theatre (Kingston), 218 Princess St.,
Kingston. 613-546-9729. $10-$50.
●●7:30: Stratford Symphony Orchestra. Natalie
MacMaster in Concert with the SSO.
Avon Theatre, 99 Downie St., Stratford.
1-800-567-1600. $60-$70.
Sunday January 26
●●2:30: Pianofest. Younggun Kim & Benjamin
Smith. Beethoven: Moonlight Sonata; Ravel:
La Valse; Rachmaninoff: Piano Sonata No.2;
Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu. Bethel Community
Church, 128 St. Vincent Street, Barrie.
705-726-1181. $20; $5(st).
●●3:00: Les AMIS. VC2: Amahl Arulanandam
& Bryan Holt. Works by Barrière, Boccherini,
Romberg, Kraft, Popper and others.
Cobourg Loft, 201 Division St., Cobourg. 905-
372-2210. $30.
Monday January 27
●●7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Early
Music Studio. Von Kuster Hall, Music Building,
Western University, 1151 Richmond St. N., London.
519-661-3767. Free.
Wednesday January 29
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. Safe Haven. Works by Corelli,
Lully, Bach, Telemann and Vivaldi. Tafelmusik
Baroque Orchestra; Elisa Citterio, music director;
Maryem Tollar, narrator/vocalist; Diely
Mori Tounkara, kora; Naghmeh Farahmand,
percussion; conceived by Alison Mackay.
390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-533-2424
or queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets. $42-$59;
$39-$56(faculty/staff); $19-$29(st).
●●8:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Quasar
Saxophone Quartet. Von Kuster Hall, Music
Building, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-661-3767. Free.
Thursday January 30
●●7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Western
University Jazz Ensemble. Wolf Performance
Hall, 251 Dundas St., London.
519-661-3767. Free.
Friday January 31
●●12:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Fridays
at 12:30 Concert Series. James Westman,
baritone; Margie Bernal, soprano;
Simone Luti, piano. Von Kuster Hall, Music
Building, Western University, 1151 Richmond
St. N., London. 519-661-3767. Free.
●●7:30: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Opera
at Western: The Mikado. Paul Davenport Theatre,
Talbot College, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767.
$30/$20(adv). Also Feb 1(2 pm), 7, 8(2 pm),
9(2 pm).
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Growing Up Ella. Capathia Jenkins, vocalist;
Edwin Outwater, conductor. Centre in the
Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-
4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca.
$20-$90. Also Feb 1.
●●8:00: TD Sunfest World Music & Jazz Series.
Aurora. Aeolian Hall, 795 Dundas St. E.,
London. sunfest.on.ca. $33/$28(adv).
Saturday February 1
●●2:00: Don Wright Faculty of Music. Opera
at Western: The Mikado. Paul Davenport Theatre,
Talbot College, Western University,
1151 Richmond St. N., London. 519-661-3767.
$30/$20(adv). Also Jan 31(7:30 pm), 7(7:30
pm), 8, 9.
●●2:30: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
Youth Orchestra. Land and Wind. Jane Maness,
tuba. Centre in the Square, 101 Queen St.
N., Kitchener. 519-745-4711 or 1-888-745-4717
or kwsymphony.ca. $18; $11(child). Free preconcert
activities from 1:15 pm.
●●8:00: Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony.
Growing Up Ella. Capathia Jenkins, vocalist;
Edwin Outwater, conductor. Centre in the
Square, 101 Queen St. N., Kitchener. 519-745-
4711 or 1-888-745-4717 or kwsymphony.ca.
$20-$90. Also Jan 31.
Sunday February 2
●●2:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. The Magic of Music. Works by
Mozart, Kreisler, Bartók, Janáček, Prokofiev
and Sarasate. Blake Pouliot, violin; Hsein-i
Huang, piano. 390 King St. W., Kingston. 613-
533-2424 or queensu.ca/theisabel/tickets.
$42-$59; $39-$56(faculty/staff); $19-$29(st).
●●2:30: Niagara Symphony Orchestra. Simply
Irresistible. Kevin Lau: Dark Angels; Barber:
Violin Concerto; Sibelius: Symphony
No.5. Jinjoo Cho, violin; Bradley Thachuk, conductor.
FirstOntario Performing Arts Centre,
250 St. Paul St., St. Catharines. 905-688-
0722 or 1-855-515-0722. $69; $64(sr); $33(30
and under); $20(arts worker); $12(st/child);
$5(eyeGO).
Tuesday February 4
●●7:30: Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing
Arts. All We Are Saying. Crumb:
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